The Oakland Raiders' quarterback drama for the 2013 offseason is just getting warmed up. With Carson Palmer not yet agreeing to a modest pay cut of $3 million from the $13 million the team owes him this season, Yahoo! Sports reports he would rather take less money from a winning team to be a backup than start for his struggling current team.

If true, that keeps the Raiders and Palmer on the path for a clean divorce soon. If they part ways in the next month, it would clear team officials to target West Virginia's Geno Smith with the No. 3 overall pick in the April NFL draft.

The other hot option to replace Palmer is Seahawks backup Matt Flynn. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Raiders have "legitimate" interest in trading for Flynn, who carries a salary of $5.25 million for 2013—which is more than the Seahawks want to pay a backup quarterback.

Even at that price, Flynn would represent a huge savings over the 33-year-old Palmer and is much younger at 27. Back in college at LSU before becoming the Packers' No. 2 to Aaron Rodgers, Flynn succeeded the Raiders' 2007 draft bust JaMarcus Russell as the starting QB in Baton Rouge.

The Raiders wouldn't need to invest more than a Day 3 draft pick to acquire Flynn, and it would still leave open the possibility of taking Smith early.